PAX Prime 2010 – Day 2
Waking up and pulling myself out of bed I was feeling like I had been at PAX a week already. I could not figure out why I was feeling like this. Maybe it...
September 21, 2010
RPG
My thoughts on the D&D Essentials Starter aka “Red Box”
I recently got my own copy of the new Red Box. Although I am not that much interested in D&D 4th Edition, I still wanted to have a look what they’ve changed for...
September 21, 2010
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PAX Prime 2010 – Day 1
Hannah and I woke up early and eager on Friday so we could attend the PAX keynote address and meet up with our good friend Lyle. The Keynote was taking place at Benaroya...
September 20, 2010
Designs from the Mind – product development part 2
Welcome back for part 2 of my blog posts on RPG product development, for those who may have missed part 1 and would like to catch up with the conversation so far click...
September 20, 2010
Free Stuff Friday: Dungeon Master’s Battle Screen
It’s Friday and it’s time to give you some more free stuff! This week’s Free Stuff is: Dungeon Master’s Battle Screen The Dungeon Masters’ Battle Screen Free tool for helping D&D 4e Dungeon...
September 17, 2010
Gamer Media, Parody and Negative Stereotypes
For at least the past year now, a close friend and gaming partner of mine has been trying to get me to watch The Gamers 2: Dorkness Rising. I refused because of what...
September 17, 2010
Are we DMs really that weird?
Yesterday, my friend Christian Kennig, sent me the link to this excerpt from the documentary film “The Dungeon Masters”. Do you think your dice need punishing, too?
September 16, 2010
Arr, matey! DriveThruRPG sale ahoy!
The nice guys at DriveThruRPG let me know this morning that there will be a special sale starting tomorrow celebrating “Talk Like A Pirate Day”! There will be fantastic sales on tons of...
September 16, 2010
Don’t Be A Dick
Please note that this post first appeared as a guest post on RPG Blog 2. As some of you probably know “Don’t Be A Dick” is also known as Wheaton’s Law. And even...
September 15, 2010
WR&M in the pub
Yesterday we had our monthly RPG pub meeting in the Villa Konthor in Limburg. This time I introduced our regulars to WR&M, my rules-light fantasy roleplaying game. The five players had no trouble...
September 15, 2010
The Role Playing Game Museum…
The idea of a museum dedicated to role playing games sounds intriguing. I had never even considered the idea until I found this website, The Museum of Role Playing Games. The idea, while...
September 14, 2010
Fallout: Indianapolis
Recently I wrote about my plans to run several mini-campaigns in the future. The first campaign I am now working on is an Atomic Highway campaign set into the Fallout world. I didn’t...
September 14, 2010
What about Advanced Feats: Secrets of the Alchemist? A review…
Let me get this out in the clear first. I love the Pathfinder RPG Advanced Players Guide! (If I like it SO much I should do a proper review of it, but I...
September 13, 2010
Free Stuff Friday: Incompetech Graph Paper
It’s Friday and it’s time to give you some more free stuff! This week’s Free Stuff Is: Incompetech Graph paper Need some kind of graph paper to draw out your dungeon or just...
September 10, 2010
Return of the Gamer in Japan
This year, I have had the honor of returning to the land of fluorescent lights and panty vending machines. That is right, the Gamer in Japan is back. I, Shinobicow, have left the US, to yet again, make my Gamer way in the land of the rising Sun, Japan.
September 10, 2010
Come blog at my table… A review of the Open Game Table Anthology volume 2!
As a relative newcomer to blogging (only since February) I can’t say I kept abreast of the blogosphere. Of course I read some blogs but it was not a conscious effort, but since...
September 9, 2010
You Don’t Always Need A Home Run
Hi there! This is Zachary Houghton from RPG Blog 2, stepping in for my buddy Michael and his pals at Stargazer’s World. This seems to be a week for GM advice, so I...
September 9, 2010